Oil-burner



J. L. PERKINS.

OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY13, 1919.

1,350,466. Patented Aug- 24,1920.

gwvewl oz UNITED STATES Pa TENT OFFICE.

JOHN LINCOLN PERKINS, OF SABETHA, KANSAS.

OIL-BURNER.

Application filed May 13, 1919.

To aZZ whom. it may concern:

lie it known that 1, JOHN LINCOLN PER- nn-zs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sabetha, in the county of Nemaha and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burners; and i do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and "igures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

@his invention relates to improvements in burners particularly for oil while it is equally adapted for use in burning natural The invention has for its object, among other things to provide for admitting or taking the air laterally into the burner up through the bottom from the outside to the center, thus providing for perfect combustion and accordingly promoting, or making effective, the heating action.

A further object is to provide for direct ing the flame directly upward for more fully utilizing the heat thereof, as called for in llPIflgllt-bOllQlS or heaters of the pipe-coil yp r still further object is to provide for spreading the flame, as required to render more effective the heating action-as in cook stoves.

still further object is to provide for con-ducting or passing the air in an undulatory or wave-like manner, into the burner, or with respect to the interior of the latter, that shall obviate any noisy action therein from such passage of air.

A still further object is to provide for generating the oil or fluid as admitted to the burner, thus providing for a generating action whether the flame be turned up high or down low. the same also aiding combustion and adapting it for burning natural gas.

A... still further objects is to provide for throwing the flame in any one given direction as circumstances may require particularly in cook-stoves.

The invention therefore consists of certain instrumentalities and features of construction,substantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and defined by the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing is illus trated the preferred embodiment of my in- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

Serial No. 298,752.

vention wherein it will be understood that various changes and modifications as to the detaiied construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the claim, and in which drawinghigure l is a plan view of my burner, with one deflector flame member or bafile displaced and positioned to one side thereof.

2 is a sectional view also of a like flame deflector member for directing the flame in any one given direction.

Fig. is a vertical section of my burner the lirst-referr d to flame deflector or e member in position on the burner.

1g. s is a plan view of the burner with the top or flame member displaced.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the burner with the single given direction flame directing member in. position thereon.

Jig. 6 is a plan view of the spreader member.

In carrying out my invention, I suitably cast a base or oil-holding member or pan, designated generally as 1, preferably circular, with the oil-holding port-ion or pan proper 2 somewhat conical, the same tapering downwardly, with an upwardly-projecting oil inlet or. intake 3 upon its interior surface with drilled oil-openings therein and at which point connection is made with the oil-pipe (not shown) upon its outside. The base or oil'holding member 1 has an annular flange-like extension portion l upon its perimetrical surface, which is provided with a circular arrangement of air-ingress open-- ings or orifices 5, more or less in number and size according to the capacity of the heating" or cooking utensil or boiler to which it is to be applied. The circular flange-like portion or extension f has itself a circumfere tial rim 6, stepped in transverse section, as at T, to provide for the application there to, upon the less-'diametered portion thereof, of aband 8; of preferably galvanized iron, with its upper edge fitting under the greater diameter of the stepped portion, adapted to elevate the burner about two inches above the plane of its bottom surface and serves as a packing ring for the burner, said cir cumferential rim has a circular groove 9 in its upper surface, the. purpose of which will appear later.

Complemental of the base or oil-holdin member 1 is a top circular casting or :1 her 1 rounded upwardly toward its circa.

that point as, at 11. V

' The upper edge of the panor member 1,

which is preferably outwardly flared 01 fl'anged; as at 12, has an upstanding rib or ledge 13. thereon, and the top member or casting l has around an oblong flame openingor. orifice 14 therein, upon its inner or underneath surface, a downwardly projecting rib or ledge 15 conforming, of course, to the general oblong outline of said flame- 'opening or orifice, which rib or ledge 15 is,

however preferably. somewhat reduced at its end-portions than the other portions thereof, as at 15?. It will be observed that the relative,arrangement of the ledges or ribs 13 and 15 is, such hat the air admitted through the air-intake.openings or orifice 5, will. take an uirdulatory course, 6., will pass over one rib or ledge and down under the other, thee dges of said ledges or ribs being out of alinement with each other,

.wlierebyl otherwise direct-draft, caused by the action of the flame, willfbe neutralized by, the llflfltlllgitClZlOIl ofthe ledges or ribs upon the 2111: contacting therewith, as is apparent, thus stopping vthe noise or "blour-- ing otherwiseusually resulting with burners. as, heretofore constructed.

A- generator 16, ofthe general construction asshown, being approximately conical and hollow with laterally opening conduits or passageslti in itsflared bottom edge and communicating with its interior, is positioned over, and receiving the oil or natural gas supply. fromthe supply-pipe before, re terred to, thus provldlngwfor a generating action either when, the flame isturned higher or lower. I a j V 4 A spreader member-17 of the construction substantially. as d sclosed, the samehaving an intermediate upraisedimperforat portion 17, w thidownturned end-term1nals 17, said terminals having projecting therefrom preferably downwardly tapered studs 17 which are received in notched upstanding studs or posts 18 fixed to, or integral "with the upper member or casting 1, op-

posite'the ends of the oblong flame-orifice let of the latter, with the lower edges of the end-terminals, 17F resting upon said upper member. 71th the spreader member 17 thus positioned upon the upper casting, it will be seenthat the lateral resultant openings 19 vof the spreader member 17 will provide fordelivering the, flame therethrough lateral-lyeach way as called for upon applyhe ner, especial y o a es ov as will-be appreciated,

A se nd pr a er; m mb r- M12 is herein employed similar in construction to the spreader 17, with the exception, only what mayrbetermed as one. sidethereof is left open,; as at 20?,this iorm of spreadermember being used only, whenitmay be desired' to throw or; direct laterally the flame in any one direction, the upper castingor member-being shiftable or, rotatable forthe q i e p 'esenta ion f t ate ais r id opening for this purpose as will be readily apparent, V y 7 V f course it will understood that in usingthe burner without the spreader-members the flame is, directed straight upwardly asucalledior, in applying; it toan uprightboiler or 'the pipe-coil type otheater.

Having fully described; the invention, 1 claim? 7 A- burner of the, typedescribed, including the; pan or ba s e section having a perimetrical flange-like portion iproyided with airorifices and with a circular groove, said base-section also {haying an upstanding ledge, at its upper edge, and an upper com: ple nental superposing section having its outer marginal edge received by said groove, saidbase-section and superposing section havinginteriorledges or-ribswith their up per and lower; edges arranged in planesv aboveand below eaclrother respectively.

In testimony whereof, I- afiix, my signature, in presence of two witnesses,

JOHN LiNooLN PERKINS.

v itnessesz V V I LlaneannrW; TERMAL, GERTRUDE- MoNARY. 

